Today, the second Friday in January, is known as “Quitter’s Day”, and my favorite local chocolate shop is closed. The chocolatier’s counters were sparse after the Christmas season ended because his customers were sticking to their New Year’s resolutions. The aftermath of holiday binging, or excess, leads many people to resolve to lay off the chocolate in the New Year. Known as “holiday remorse”—a guilt ridden response to holiday excess—many people over-indulge during the holidays and then vow to lose weight and get…
Today, the second Friday in January, is International Quitters Day, and I stopped in at my favorite local chocolate shop only to realize that I also stopped there on the second Friday of January last year. The difference between last year and this year, is that the chocolatier was closed on this second Friday in January, 2022.
Last year the store was open, but the shelves were somewhat depleted of candy. I remarked to the owner, it must be a good sign the…
What a week! Did you cry Monday over spilt milk? You could have, because it was “National Cry over Spilt Milk Day”. What about Tuesday? Did you think you had a hole in your pocket? Nope – it was “National Lost Penny Day”. Of course everyone knew yesterday was Valentine’s Day, but did you know it was also “National Ferris Wheel Day”! Today is “National Gum Drop Day” in case you want to indulge your sweet tooth and you finished all the chocolates you received on “National Ferris Wheel Day”…
Love is in the air… Isn’t it? Or maybe that’s just more snow blowing around… For sure it is February, and whether or not love is in the air, love is or will be, on the minds of a whole lot of folks in a couple of weeks when Valentine’s Day arrives.
But here at Words of Worth, February means love is on paper. No, we aren’t going to send all our readers a Valentine -although we should and we LOVE knowing you are following this blog. Instead, we…
